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Sarabjit Singh in deep coma; Pak grants visa to 4 family members
27 Apr 2013
Singh, currently on death row in a Lahore jail, suffered head injury after four to six fellow prisoners attacked him with bricks and iron rods
Coffee with Apple chief Tim Cook going for $180,000
26 Apr 2013
Apple CEO Tim Cook resoundingly beat a number of other celebrities like director Francis Ford Coppola,actor Robert DeNiro, music producer Quincy Jones and comedian Robin Williams, in raising funds during a charity auction
SSTL names Dmitry Shukov president and CEO
25 Apr 2013
Broadcasters lament death of former Chief Justice J S Verma
23 Apr 2013
Justice Jagdish Sharan Verma, the first chairperson of the News Broadcasting Standards Authority, passed away after a brief illness yesterday
Russia’s Alisher Usmanov topples L N Mittal as No.1 in Times Rich List
22 Apr 2013
Russia's richest man, Uzbek-born Alisher Usmanov, has seen his wealth rise £985 million in the past year
Maths wizard Shakuntala Devi is no more
22 Apr 2013
Mathematical wizard and astrologer Shakuntala Devi, popularly known as ‘human computer’, died at a hospital in Bangalore on Sunday
IMF chief Christine Lagarde to appear before French court
19 Apr 2013
IMF chief Christine Lagarde is due to appear before a special court looking into cases of ministerial misconduct
IMF chief Christine Lagarde to appear before French court
19 Apr 2013
IMF chief Christine Lagarde is due to appear before a special court looking into cases of ministerial misconduct
Musharraf surrenders, remanded in temporary house arrest
19 Apr 2013
A Pakistan magistrate put former military ruler Pervez Musharraf under two days’ house arrest today, a day after his bail extension plea was cancelled by the Islamabad High Court
Pak ex-prez Musharraf escapes after arrest order
18 Apr 2013
Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf's security commandos rushed the former president out of the Islamabad High Court, which ordered his immediate arrest, rejecting his application for extension of bail
Sanjay Dutt gets ‘final extension’ of one month to surrender
17 Apr 2013
The Supreme Court today granted Bollywood star four more weeks to surrender and undergo the rest of his five-year jail term
Industrialist R P Goenka passes away
15 Apr 2013
Rama Prasad Goenka, one of the old guards of Indian industry who made his mark across a spectrum of businesses from music to tyre, died early on Sunday at his residence
Dada Saheb Phalke award for Pran
12 Apr 2013
Anti-Sikh riots: court orders reopening of case against Tytler
10 Apr 2013
An Additional sessions court has set aside the order of a magistrate’s court which accepted theCBI’s closure report giving a clean chit to controversial politician Jagdish Tytler
UK’s ‘Iron Lady’ Margaret Thatcher dead
08 Apr 2013
Britain’s only woman prime minister Margaret Thatcher was instrumental in transforming the UK economy, and is now considered the country’s greatest leader since Churchill